Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“reigneth” is a form of

reign

/ɹeɪ̯n/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms reigns reigning reigned raygne

  1. noun The exercise of sovereign power. “England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign.”
  2. noun The period during which a monarch rules. “The reign of Victoria was a long one.”
  3. noun The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
  4. verb (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch. “He reigned in an autocratic manner.”
  5. verb (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
  6. verb To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
  7. verb To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule. “Silence reigned.”
  8. proper noun A male given name.

Synonyms

sovereignty predominate dominate rule prevail

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
  2. noun The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] Spenser.
  3. verb To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
  4. verb Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon.

Etymology [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. règne, fr. L. regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal, Regimen.]

Etymology [OE. regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F. régner, fr. L. regnare, fr. regnum. See Reign, n.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “reign”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “reign” (best matches first).

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